ISBN: 9780140621808
Release Date: 31 Jul 1997
Average rating: (read by 244 members)

Categories: General & literary fiction , Classic fiction

Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.

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Crazifantazi
Rated it 6 days ago
Gave up after about 200 pages as it went so slow. Enjoyed the way it was written but couldn't go on.

ajk77
Rated it 1 months ago
Depressing as Russians can make it...

HJDaugherty
Rated it 3 months ago
Classic.

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